Heath Slater: Future World Champion

[enviousdominous]

I've honestly seen nothing remarkable about Heath Slater. That's no knock to him or his potential as it's probably more of a political game for him to be given a more serious role on the show, but that means that he hasn't been able to work his way into a better spot politically.

His only interesting matches were during his tag team champion run and they've put him even lower on the card since losing that.

I wouldn't expect him to be any higher than mid-card status within this year, there are too many people from the main card getting put there. I'd give him until 2014 to be allowed to have a break-out moment.

 

[enviousdominous]

I said that about a guy once, back in 02/03. He debuted on Smackdown, and while he had a good look and some excitement about him, I just didn't buy into him being a future world champion, and immediately wrote him off. That was Randy Orton. My point; don't write a guy off this early in their career, for their whole career. They'll probably surprise you.

You make a good point about not judging someone too quickly, but (correct me if I'm wrong) you're comparing Randy Orton to Heath Slater.

Randy debuted and was on a pretty boy winning streak until he was beaten by Lance Storm, and even then they made the finish a fast count fluke on part of special ref Bob Holly. Hell, Brock Lesnar as wwe champion put Randy way over in a match after that one.

Heath Slater debuted on NXT where he, in character, participated in diva search style physical challenges and had an occasional (forgettable) wrestling match. He eventually got the tag titles because cena, as a member of nexus, was made to lay down for the pin in yet another cena non-wrestling match.

Apples to oranges is one thing. This is like comparing Bret Hart to Pez Whatley.

 

[BK Styles]

You make a good point about not judging someone too quickly, but (correct me if I'm wrong) you're comparing Randy Orton to Heath Slater.

Randy debuted and was on a pretty boy winning streak until he was beaten by Lance Storm, and even then they made the finish a fast count fluke on part of special ref Bob Holly. Hell, Brock Lesnar as wwe champion put Randy way over in a match after that one.

Heath Slater debuted on NXT where he, in character, participated in diva search style physical challenges and had an occasional (forgettable) wrestling match. He eventually got the tag titles because cena, as a member of nexus, was made to lay down for the pin in yet another cena non-wrestling match.

Apples to oranges is one thing. This is like comparing Bret Hart to Pez Whatley.

Okay bear with me, I'm still buzzing over Mania.

I think you've looked a bit too deep into my point, to be honest, but I get what you're saying.

My basic point was, you can never tell whos gonna make it just by how they start out. JBL is a good example. When he was a member of the APA, did you see nearly year-long world champion potential in him? No. When Jeff Hardy was tagging with Matt, did you see three world titles in his future? I sure as hell didn't. Same things with Edge and Christian.

My point is simply, Heath Slater could, in the future, make somewhat of a name for himself. My examples aren't comparisons, just pointing out that some of those guys, if in their past you'd put them with a world title, maybe you'd have had a similar reaction.

However, I do wanna stress, my own personal opinion is that Heath Slater will NOT make it to the world title picture. But hey, you never know.

 

[XXJJ]

He's a perfect heel jobber. He is solid in ring and has zero charisma so nobody would ever cheer for him over the babyface.

 

[trashboy]

I said that about a guy once, back in 02/03. He debuted on Smackdown, and while he had a good look and some excitement about him, I just didn't buy into him being a future world champion, and immediately wrote him off. That was Randy Orton. My point; don't write a guy off this early in their career, for their whole career. They'll probably surprise you.

Yeah, and I said the same about The Miz and look what happened, he became a champ. And I still think he looks like a midcard jobber but I'm sure he'll eventually get the strap back one day.


anyway, LOL. I know this is a joke thread, but I'm probably one of the few that actually like Heath Slater. He cracks me up. He'll never be a world champ and I wouldn't care. They need to bring Lash Laroux to WWE and team him with Heath and form a new tag team. That would be awesome.

 

[Kong]

David Otunga has the best shot at holding the strap in 2012. Barrett maybe in 2013. Slater would be horrible. Just horrible. As it is now too many guys with no size are in the mix. Cody, Ziggler, Miz, and on and on. Too small. Not believable. Really, in what dimension should Cena not be the champion right now?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Anything is possible. I would never have guessed Edge would be a hall of famer 10 years ago. He's going to have to progress more though.

I definitely don't think he can reach that level within a year. Maybe 5 years or so. I was impressed when he and Orton had a match on raw a while back. He has talent for sure. And being from West Virginia myself, I think it would be cool to see a world champion from the mountain state.

 

[thexfactor]

It wouldn`t really surprise me. He's been putting on good matches and getting decent heat. He does do a good job of selling and never really looks awkward or like he's overselling. He works well with almost anyone I've seen him in the ring with, but he would need a serious storyline to go with it as he's currently an astablished low mid carder. I see the potential in him though, especially becase he really loves wrestling and this is his dream. He will give it his all in any position they put him in

 

[Shotaro]

I have to disagree - I can see Slater being with WWE for some time. Hell I could see him maybe MAYBE getting a decent run with a mid-card title. But in all honesty, he's just lacking. Then again he's relatively young and he's unlikely to peak soon. I highly doubt he will get there but in five, six, seven years. Who knows? I'd wager a LOT of people never pegged Ziggler as a World Champ. But he was. Even if it was only for ten minutes.

 

[a7xfan93]

Mark my words here, Heath Slater is going to be a future world champion! I'm personally guaranteeing that by the end of the year 2012 he will be on top of the WWE. Now I know you're thinking I'm insane right now, but I think Heath Slater is really one of the most under rated talents in the WWE right now.

Back in the Nexus days, he was THE most entertaining guy on that whole team. Every time he had a mic in his hand he worked it greatly, and every time he was in the ring he put on a show. And think about it, all he's done since then is improve, there's no way this guy won't be a future world champion.

People like to make fun of him saying he's "the girl from Wendy's" but really, maybe he could work that in his favor. Maybe make a gimmick for him, where he sponsors Wendy's, and he could attack people and make them choke on Baconators.

Anybody else see the talent in Heath Slater that I do?

really? Really? REALLY? Are You Serious, Bro? Slater will not, and I repeat WILL NOT EVER be the future world champion. I'd rather see Hornswaggle as the champion, hell Swaggle has a better chance at being the champion than Slater does. And a gimmick where he makes people choke on Baconators? That has to be the worst idea ever thought of, seriously man whatever you're smoking I want some.

 

[#hamler]

I agree that there is so much untapped potential in Heath Slater, but it's damn near impossible to claim he will be a World Champion by the end of 2012; especially given his position within the company. A better idea would be to push him to the mid card. Much to many people's beliefs, Heath Slater is an incredible worker. Slater actually possesses the ability to sell like so much of the roster cannot do. Picking up on the ability to sell isn't something you're going to learn in FCW or some other developmental promotion. The ability to sell seems to come natural to Mr. Slater and it is an ability so many people over look.

Why do you think he continues to job; because he makes others look phenomenal. What the WWE should do, put the Intercontinental Championship around him and use him as the workhorse of the division once Rhodes fades to the main event. Slater certainly has the skills, all he needs is to dust of some of that charisma and drop the cheesy ass gimmick and Slater could potentially break through. A World Heavyweight Championship reign is never out of the question. Honestly, does anyone actually remember the shit fest that was Mark Henry's entire wrestling career before he became Champion? Like so many wrestlers say nowadays, never say never.

 

[James]

You know ever since his roll in Nexus I actually liked him because his look stood out to me. Then I slowly became even more of a fan because I would get pissed to see him lose especially against hornswoggle. But I looked at this thread and saw that he got a make over with the cool leather coat, the glasses, the beard, etc and I saw him last night. I was like WOAH! I can really take him seriously now because he looks like a star. They just need to utilize him correctly in my opinion. It isn't like he sucks as a wrestler or anything so give him the ball. Let him run with it.

 

[TheChampionOfTheWorld]

I will not address Health Slater as a future world champion, however I thought his backstage segment with Florida, lol, Flo Rida, was funny. Although it got me to thinking Slater claims to be the "One Man Southern Rock Band" however I don't think I have ever seen him hold an instrament or sing a note. I watched most of NXT and don't recall ever seeing him do anything that would be band like. Did I miss it?

If Slater does have some musical talent I think it could be a good gimmick, similar to Double J with Road Dogg way back in the day where he did a musical concert and even had his own song as his enterence music. However, if he's not going to do anything with the slogan/nickname I wish they would drop it.

 

[destruct-o-tron]

Hahaha!

Oh, God no. Slater is an embarrassment. I hate his face, he's a ginger, and his accent is annoying. I can't even comment on his wrestling ability, because I'm so distracted by his many failures. He's just not made for wrestling.

 

[HEELKris]

Hahaha!

Oh, God no. Slater is an embarrassment. I hate his face, he's a ginger, and his accent is annoying. I can't even comment on his wrestling ability, because I'm so distracted by his many failures. He's just not made for wrestling.

FAIL, you ''can't even comment on his wrestling ability'' because you don't have any arguments at all.
FACT : Slater is good in the ring
FACT : Slater is an excellent seller of moves
FACT : Slater has decent mic skills

 

[#hamler]

Hahaha!

Oh, God no. Slater is an embarrassment. I hate his face, he's a ginger, and his accent is annoying.

Which is even more of a reason Slater could be a big heel in the WWE. You hate him, that’s the point.

I can't even comment on his wrestling ability,

Then you don't know if a World Championship could potentially be in his future because you don't pay the least bit of attention to him.

because I'm so distracted by his many failures. He's just not made for wrestling.

Are you serious? I posted on this earlier, Slater is severely underrated as a wrestler. No, he can't do the flippy double Corkscrew Moonsaults and he doesn't do 8,955,685,514,581,452,000,201 Hurricanrana's but there are very few superstars within the WWE that can actually sell a maneuver better than Slater. Selling takes a good amount of wrestling skill – therefore, Slater CAN wrestle.

 

[Dagger Dias]

Two years ago I was one of Slater's biggest supporters on this site, debating weekly against those who thought he sucked. While I still think he has the potential to go further up the card, I'm not sure if he will ever be a World or WWE Champion. At least not under this gimmick. If he does get a big push then it would have to be as a serious heel because even I find him to be annoying at this point. Granted he is already a heel, but I would not be surprised if they tried to turn him face. That would be a disaster, as he is annoying as it is and a face version of him would only be cheesier.

I have said it before that he just needs a better character. Right now he's like the heel equivalent of Ryder. Potential is there, but the current gimmick is too silly to make it past the midcard. Unless he gets a better character then it might never happen. He could end up possibly winning the Intercontinental Championship at some point, but as much as I hate to admit it his Tag Team Championship reigns with Gabriel during their Nexus days is probably the furthest he will ever get due to being stuck in a silly gimmick that even some of his fans find annoying.

 

[DirtyD79]

He could someday be one but I certainly don't see it happening before the end of this year. He's going to need to start winning some major matches like Royal Rumble or Money In The Bank and if he's going to be a heel he'll need to do something that gains major heat. Something that makes fans want to see him get beaten.

Also he'll need to get a more serious gimmick. Yeah I know all about Edge but it took him a major heel turn involving real life events plus a new gimmick to get there. If he was still the same goof doing 5 second poses and serenading Kurt Angle with kazoos nobody would take him seriously as a world champ.

As of right now I could see him being a solid Dolph Ziggler style mid-carder. Maybe give him a manager like Vickie Guerrero or Abraham Washington.

 

[mrpops]

At best in 2012 he'll win the tag titles this year with sheamus when they form "The Gingers". Is WWE doing a tour in europe any time this year? We all know how wwe loves putting titles on undeserving wrestlers simply because they are in their home country(del rio, khali etc).

 

[The Cult]

I'm afraid not. Slater is so bland it's unbelievable. His ring work is not to bad but he won't amount to much definitely not a world champion

 

[ultramattman]

So glad this joke thread got resurrected.

Look, NOBODY actually thinks Heath Slater is a future world champion. But he's a useful guy and is probably going to stick around the midcard for a while. There's always room for a guy who sells his ass off and is willing to job. Slater's getting steadily more entertaining - he's gone from 'guy who jobs' to 'annoying guy who it's fun to see lose' over the last year. He's a hell of a lot more fun to watch than Justin Gabriel.

I wouldn't call Slater 'over' by any stretch. But audiences are getting used to seeing him and he's starting to really figure out and own his role in WWE. A role that is NOT that of a future world champion.

 

[MCMG]

If this isn't a joke then you have a point about his mic skills during the Nexus days. I always though he was quite good/funny/different and he still is (one man southern rock band) however he has no chance of ever being a world champ. I doubt he will hold any championship this year and maybe ever.